Preparing an assembly each day is a task that many headteachers and class teachers find very difficult. This book aims to provide them with ideas, examples and suggestions which the author has found effective in promoting a sense of belonging in the pupils.

Preparing an assembly every day of the week, each week of the term, year in and year out, is one of the most demanding tasks for the headteacher and calss teachers alike. The ideas in this book are tried and tested: they should help the teacher to provide something that draws everyone together, so that all children feel a sense of belonging, a sense of community, a sense of being part of a caring, sharing group with the common title of our school. Pierce describes the ideas which worked and these range from activity assemblies to quiet reflective stories.

New beginnings
places of worship
friends and neighbours
people who help us
people who need help
harvest
festivals
rites of passage
water
animals and birds
our senses
heroes and heroines
twenty quick assemblies
background information for teachers.